The Puducherry government on June 19 announced a hike in the monthly payment for specialist doctors engaged in government hospitals on contract basis.

A release from the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services said doctors appointed on contract basis to serve in hospitals in Puducherry would get a monthly pay of Rs 75,000 instead of Rs 51,000 fixed earlier. Similarly specialists recruited to work on contract basis in hospitals in Karaikal region would get Rs 85,000 a month instead of Rs 75,000 announced earlier. Specialists in Mahe and Yanam regions would be paid Rs 51,000 a month.